{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-488.444","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 488.444","heading":"Civil money penalties: Settlement of penalties.","body":"(a) CMS has authority to settle cases at any time prior to a final administrative decision for Medicare-only SNFs, State-operated facilities, or other facilities for which CMS's enforcement action prevails, in accordance with § 488.330.\n(b) The State has the authority to settle cases at any time prior to the evidentiary hearing decision for all cases in which the State's enforcement action prevails.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION","PART 488—SURVEY, CERTIFICATION, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES","Subpart F—Enforcement of Compliance for Long-Term Care Facilities with Deficiencies"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"85a95a22c259791cb23b8ec89102b78c2c8a24e6fb52721936e2d275c99c3afc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-488.442","next":"us/42-cfr-488.446"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}